Sunderland’s
Countryside Team is part of the Landscape and Reclamation Section of the Development and Regeneration Directorate of the City Council.
The Team
currently comprises a Senior Countryside Officer and two Countryside Officers.
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The work of the Countryside Team is
guided by and feeds into a number of strategies. These strategies
include the City of Sunderland Community
Strategy, the Tyne and Wear Nature Conservation Strategy and
the Durham
Biodiversity Action Plan.
The broad aims are:
To protect and improve the City’s
wildlife and landscape value
To promote a greater understanding
of and access to the countryside
To encourage and support local people
to achieve the above
aims
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DELIVERY OF SERVICE
The functions and services of Countryside Team are
summarised as follows:
Site Management – including species and habitat protection and
access work.
Planning Advice – to Development Control for example.
Public Participation – events, newsletters and leaflets.
Liaison with Partners – external funders, English Nature,
voluntary groups.
Advice and Support – on countryside and access matters at all
levels both professional and public.
At an operational level the Team functions within the policies and
guidelines of the City of Sunderland, Development and Regeneration
Directorate.
Community Wildspace Project
To enhance Sunderland's wildlife and
habitats, an exciting new project started in the City of Sunderland
in 2003: the Community
Wildspace Project.
The aim of the Wildspace Project is to care for endangered
plants and animals (bee orchid, song thrush,. water vole) and
improve nationally rare habitats such as the Magnesian Limestone
grasslands.
To help protect this rich and varied landscape five Local Nature
Reserves (LNR's) have been declared as part of the Wildspace
Project: Barmston Pond, Fulwell Quarry, Hetton Bogs, Hylton Dene and
Tunstall Hills
The Project also encourages people to explore and
care for their Local Nature Reserves.
The Wildspace Officer has established Wildspace
Conservation Volunteers and supports friends of LNR's. The
volunteer group meet on the third weekend of every month to
undertake conservation tasks.
The Wildspace Officer carries out a range of
educational workshops. If your school or group would like to
discuss a project on LNR, please contact the Wildspace Volunteer
Co-ordinator.
For more information please contact the Wildspace Volunteer
Co-ordinator on (0191) 553 8774 or e-mail wildspace@sunderland.gov.uk
Contact Details
You can contact the Countryside Team at the Development and
Regeneration Directorate, Civic Centre, Sunderland, SR2 7DN.
Telephone (0191) 553 8773 or email:countryside@sunderland.gov.uk.
